N1200-320 4Gb Network Storage Router Management; Configuration Methods; Serial Port Management Access; Out-Of-Band Ethernet Management Access - HP N1200 - StorageWorks Network Storage Router User's And Service Manual

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management
The HP N1200-320 4Gb Network Storage Router can be managed over the following user interfaces:
Over the serial port via a terminal or a terminal emulation utility (see
•
communications" on page 18).
• Over Ethernet via a Telnet utility or an HTTP-based interface called Visual Manager. Additionally, FTP
support provides additional management functionality (see
page 31).
Before attempting to configure the network storage router, a basic understanding of Fibre Channel and
SCSI devices is recommended.
NOTE: For information on SCSI standards, refer to publications from the X3T10 committee of ANSI
(American National Standards Institute). For information on Fibre Channel standards, refer to publications
from the X3T11 committee of ANSI. For those who are interested in purchasing approved American
National Standards and Technical Reports, you can contact ANSI at (212) 642-4900.

Configuration methods

The network storage router can be configured over the serial port via a terminal or terminal emulation
utility, over Ethernet via a Telnet utility or Web browser. FTP is also supported on Ethernet.

Serial port management access

The serial port allows for configuration of device characteristics from an attached terminal or terminal
emulator (see
NOTE: A Serial connection cannot be made if a Telnet session (discussed later) is already open. If a user
attempts to open a serial connection while a Telnet session is already open, the following message
appears over the serial interface:
System in use via Telnet. Shell restarted.
The serial interface resumes working when the Telnet session closes.

Out-of-band Ethernet management access

DHCP is enabled by default. The first time you use the network storage router, use the serial interface to
identify the network settings that were assigned from the DHCP server, or to set a new static setting.
When DHCP is disabled, the pre-filled in values are IP address 1.1.1.1, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0,
and a gateway address of 0.0.0.0. HP recommends that at a minimum, the IP address should be changed.
CAUTION: HP strongly recommends not having two network storage routers using the pre-filled in static IP
address on the same network, as this causes a conflict.
When setting the IP address for the network storage router, there are two options:
• The first option is to enter a fixed, or permanent IP address for the network storage router.
• The second option is to enable DHCP on the network storage router, so that a DHCP server (on the
Ethernet network used by the network storage router) can assign a dynamic IP address to the network
storage router.
"Setting up serial port communications" on page 18).
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